Lil Yachty Announces Tour for 'Teenage Emotions' Album

Lil Yachty announces the dates for his North American summer headline tour—the “Teenage Tour.” The GRAMMY® Award-nominated multi-platinum artist, fashion disruptor, and “King of Teens” heads out on the road beginning August 11 in Dallas, TX and wraps October 20 in Atlanta, GA. Tickets go on-sale Friday, May 12th at 10AM local time at https://www.lilyachty.com/pages/tour. Meanwhile, his anxiously awaited full-length debut, Teenage Emotions [Quality Control/Motown/Capitol] arrives in stores and online May 26th, 2017. The pre-order is live now HERE.

In addition, Lil Yachty uncovers the music video for his latest single “Bring It Back” today, assumingthe role of prom king as he blossoms from wallflower to heartbreaker, sports interesting dance moves and possibly a saxophone solo. With cinematic production evocative of nostalgic eighties soundtracks (as reimagined in an Atlanta trap house), one only hopes John Hughes would be proud. Watch it HERE.

On Monday, Lil Yachty made a major splash at the Met Gala, donning a Jeremy Scott custom-designed white tux complete with top hat, cane and monocle (The Faderpraised his garb “GO BIG OR GO HOME.”). OnTuesday, he trended on social media as a meme explosionresulted from his viral Complex interviewon “Everyday Struggle with Joe Budden & DJ Akademiks.” On Wednesday, he starred in a commercial for the MTV Movie Awards, airing Sunday May 7. Watch HERE.

Meanwhile, “Peek A Boo” [feat. Migos] has already clocked over 7.9 million Spotify streams, while themusic videoracked up more than 14.4 million YouTube/VEVO views. Billboardwrote, “The songs find the Atlanta rapper at his typical, whimsical best, with singsongy hooks and rapid-fire verses over tight, bass-heavy production” and Pigeons and Planes says ““Peek A Boo” is Yachty’s chance to prove he’s more than auto-tuned crooning as he raps verses over a gritty beat. “

Lil Yachty proudly lives up to the moniker “King of Teens.” In 2016, he ignited a firestorm of passion from fans worldwide with the mixtapes Lil Boatand Summer Songs 2and three EP’s, not to mention the RIAA platinum-certified mega-hit “One Night.” His signature wonderful warble reverberates throughout the pop culture landscape. He co-starred on D.R.A.M.’s 5x-platinum “Broccoli” and garnered a 2017 GRAMMY® Award nomination in the category of “Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.” He went on to make cameos on Chance the Rapper’s GRAMMY® Award-winning Coloring Bookand the Fate of the FuriousOfficial Soundtrack as well as a string of smashes from heavy hitters such as Young Thug, Charli XCX, Post Malone, T-Pain, Kyle, and more. Simultaneously, he asserted himself as one of the game’s most exciting young performers with no fear of stage diving at sold out shows everywhere.

“TEENAGE” TOUR DATES:

8/11 Dallas, TX Bomb Factory

8/12 Houston, TX Warehouse Live!

8/13 New Orleans, LA The Joy Theater

8/15 Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live

8/16 Jacksonville, FL Mavericks

8/17 Columbia, SC Music Farm

8/18 Norfolk, VA The NorVa

8/22 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live

8/23 Washington, D.C. Echo Stage

8/24 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory

8/25 New York, NY Terminal 5

8/26 Boston, MA The Wilbur

8/28 Royal Oak, MI Royal Oak Music Theatre

8/30 Milwaukee, WI The Rave

8/31 St. Paul, MN Myth

9/2 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex

9/3 Seattle, WA Bumbershoot Festival

9/5 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre

9/6 Albuquerque, NM The Historic El Rey Theatre

9/14 Las Vegas, NV Brooklyn Bowl

9/16 Los Angeles, CA The Novo

9/18 San Diego, CA The Observatory

9/19 Santa Ana, CA The Observatory

9/21 San Francisco, CA The Warfield

9/23 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre

9/24 Vancouver, BC P.N.E. Forum

10/20 Atlanta, GA The Fox Theatre

TRACKLISTING

1.Like A Star

2.DN FREESTYLE

3.Peek-A-Boo feat. Migos

4.Dirty Mouth

5.Harley

6.All Around Me feat. YG & Kamaiyah

7.Say My Name

8.All You Had To Say

9.Better feat. Stefflon Don

10.Forever Young feat. Diplo

11.Lady In Yellow

12.Moments in Time

13.Otha Shit (Interlude)

14.XMEN feat. Evander Griiim

15.BRING IT BACK

16.RUNNING WITH GHOST feat. Grace

17.FYI (KNOW NOW)

18.Priorities

19.No more

20.Made of glass

21.Momma (outro) feat. Sonyae Elise

“The Atlanta artist has become one of rap’s most buzzed-about new names, an avatar of the genre’s contemporary, unmoored sound and visual aesthetic with a dizzyingly fast-growing listenership.” – Noisey